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Definition of pedlar noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pedlar

noun
 
/ˈpedlə(r)/
 
/ˈpedlər/
(British English)
(North American English peddler)
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  1. a person who in the past travelled from place to place trying to sell small objects
    • They were essentially a poor community of cattle traders and pedlars.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPedlar is used after these nouns:
    • dope
    • street
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    Word OriginMiddle English: perhaps an alteration of synonymous dialect pedder, apparently from dialect ped ‘pannier’.

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